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Outbuilding can not connect to sensors
Just set up my new system and Having an issues with sensors outside the house. I have a 24x32 pole barn that we are converting to a guest house. I have a motion sensor, door sensor and a siren out there. I am constantly getting notices that these items are not responding. It's like they can't see the base station. The Luther building is located about 50' away from the base station and it does have metal siding. Is there any way to "extend' the range of the sensors or maybe add in a hard wired system out there? I wouldn't be opposed to another base station out there except I don't want to pay for two Monitoring's...
captain11
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hajman69
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markwells150
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3 years ago
I have the same problem with my metal building. I did not have this problem with the first Simple safe they came out with. You cannot get a hold of anybody at Simply safe and get a straight answer. Finally one person told me they change the frequency of the sensors that caused this problem. The first system I bought work perfectly in my building.
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worthing
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There is a fully unsupported alternative that you could try but you may damage your equipment and it's an ugly ugly hack.
You can take the sensor apart and add an external antenna. If you're close enough now that it's staying connected some of the time then an external antenna should do the trick. This will require you modifying the sensor (making an opening for the wire) as well as figuring out where the current antenna mounts to the board. (That part is easy - it's readily identifiable.) There is no official documentation for this, obviously, but I've seen one or two people comment here and/or on http://reddit.com/r/simplisafe saying they've made it work.
Edit: If you were to google "add external antenna to simplisafe" (no quotes) you might find relevant articles. Again, this is fully unsupported, may not work, may damage or destroy your equipment, etc. Proceed at your own risk.
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